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"Then I let down my hair and tell him that in a crisis like this I got no right to be choosy, ‘I don‘t The plan was to meet outside the hall and switch partners. No one would question Brick dragging Jessica, for he would be within his rights. â€" Then after the first dance they could switch partners again. Te af persending: Sotaed imany of persuading, o #4 considering way guys feel about blind dates. "*I give you my word,‘ I told Brick, ‘this Jessica‘s a babe â€" no less" _ And he says, ‘But maybe you won‘t like my choice.‘ I saw no more of him again till the day after the Prance. He breezed in, wisp of a cap at a rakâ€" ish angle and sparkle in his eye. I saw that he had reversed positions with the world â€" he was now sitâ€" ting on top. "A double chocolate malted, Pops," he chortled. ‘"How was the Prance?" I asked, when I had an opportunity. "You see," he told me in an aside, "right away, that night, I got Brick on the phone and put it to him straight â€" laid all my cards on the table. ‘You got to do this for me,‘ I says to him. ‘The way I got it doped out there‘s nothing to it‘." Itâ€"seems the school has a hard and fast regulation that students must escort students to all school festivities. Outsiders.are barred. For a second he just stared. Then his face lit up like a neon sign. I stepped back hastily. For a moment I thought he might leap overâ€"the counter and kiss me. "Brick Morris!" he exclaimed, and was off, leaving his refreshment half finished. ; "Swell, Pops â€" absolutely 0. K. Pops,â€" you‘re a wonder! Ordinarily I‘d have kept my nose out of it. â€" But he was such a likaâ€" ble goon, and he was so sunk that he touched my heart. I asked casually : "Do alumni have to take students?" ‘I learned that the lucky stiffs eol_:_lid_r_l_g anyone they chose. * *~By Ross Baroey > â€" He was big, broadâ€"shouldered and blonde. The fuzz of youth was on his cheek and his blue eyes were entirely without guile. As he dragged his weary length into the grill and sprawled upon one of the seats at the counter, it was quite apparent that the world had him down â€"â€" with one foot on his neck. "A double chocolate malt, Pops." All the high school kids call me that. His voice was like the sighâ€" ing of the wind through the bass strings of a cello. _ . "You see, Pops," he began, inâ€" coherent in his desire to unburâ€" den his woes, "the way of it was is this: I was only giving Jessica a temporary whirl, so to speak â€" she being a stranger and all. Who‘d ‘ve believed Polly ‘d up and blow her top?" _ ~ Polly, it seemed, had completely severed diplomatic relations. "And the Pigskin Prance only two days away," he moaned. "Oh; heck, Pops, I got a girl â€" that‘s just the trouble!" "I says to her, ‘Polly, you can‘t do this to me â€" just before the Prance â€" I got tickets ‘n everyâ€" thing.* And she comes back, snooty as the dickens with ‘Well, take Jesâ€" sica.‘ That sure made me boil. ‘A darn‘ â€"good idea, by George‘, I says. You see I forgot all about that screwy fule." "Polly remembered, though," he went on, "I recall the gleam in her eye when she said it. But I didn‘t think of it till after I‘d asked Jessiâ€" ca â€" and{she‘d accepted." _‘ The ruleâ€" is #ronclad. _ He‘d haunted .the dean like Banguo‘s ghost, he revealed, trying to get him to make an exception. ‘‘Pops, that guy‘s got a chunk of ice for a heart!" * "But won‘t Polly mind missing the Prance?" _ He sighed. Polly would not lack for an escort â€" not with a bunch of college freshmen back for the weekend. "Well," I lifted one eyebrow, "haven‘t you a friend . .. . ?" ""Who‘s dead, son?" I asked, by way of pleasantry. & He lifted stricken eyes to mine. "The trouble I‘m in, Pops, shouldâ€" n‘t happen even to a freshman. To think that Polly‘d take a powder on me like this!" Polly â€" christened Paula â€"had been his almost constant companâ€" ion of late, and as pretty a pair, they made, as you‘d ‘ye wanted to lay eyes on. Snappy little number, she was, with big, brown eyes. _ ‘"Which leaves the captain of the football squad without a girl," I observed. Thursday, May 24th, 1945 Iâ€"regarded himâ€"quizzically.â€" A SHALLOWS Pigskin Prance about?" I asked, bewildered.. "Oh, that was O.K. It gave us a chance to talk matters over and Ml&:lbhmx my mmm»mmr- (.-B.O.W Newspaper ) "Well," he grinned, "It didn‘t pan out exactly as I‘d expected. You see, Brick and Jessica fell for each other like nobody‘s business. I only got one dance with her the whole evening." is inside of a care if she looks like a baboon and dances like a cow,‘ I says to him, ‘just so she belongs to the school;‘ And I hung up before he could change his mind." "And the plan really worked?" I prompted. Warfield became the bride of Capâ€" tain Carl J. Johnson, AAF,‘son of Mrs. Anna Johnson, 641 Glenview. â€"â€" The â€"bride, â€"wearing â€" white â€" suit ‘with matching hat and a corsage of pink roses, was attehded by Both boys entiared service in June, 1942. _ P. 0. James has since spent 20 months packed with acâ€" tion in the European area â€" but just try to find out about it! He is now.stationed at Portland, Me., on patrol duty. Ens. Leslie, whose wife is the former Elaine Kauffâ€" man,. and who has a daughter, Sandra Lee, aged. eight months, has been acting as instructor sincte being commissioned. â€" He is now awaiting new orders. The boys‘ sister, Eleanor, with her two children, recently joined her husband, Mr. Forrest Keach, in Houston, Tex., where he has acâ€" cepted a position as branch manâ€" ager of Clausen & Bals, Inc. _ Lt. William C. Childs of the navy intelligence, who spent 18 of his 20 months‘. overseas service in Pearl Harbor, Saipan and Tinian, is dividing his furlough time beâ€" tween his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Childs, 850 N. Sheridan, and his wife, the former Alice Graff, of Winnetka, and daughter, Deborah, age 20 months This is the first time he has seen little mbonh since she was three days His brother, Lt. Robert "Chico" Childs, USN, is serving aboard a navy carrier at Okinawa. Miss Mildred Weiss, of Evanston, wearing pale blue with white carâ€" nations. _ Matt Kutzer, of Highâ€" land Park, acted as best man. Based in the European area for more than two years, Capt. Johnâ€" son, fighter pilot and veteran of 110 missions, at one time destroyâ€" ed four Nazi fighter planes, with the fighting..odds 30 to four in favor of the enemy. In token of his ability he has been presented with the Distinguished .Flying Cross, the Presidential Unit Citaâ€" tion, the Air Medal with four silâ€" ver oak leaf clusters and four Bronze Stars. e _ At the St. James rectory, Highâ€" wood, on Tuesday of last week, Miss Leonore, Bellettini, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Constante Belletâ€" tini, 221 Morgan, was joined in quesi, overseas veteran and son of Mr. and Mrs. Sante Pasquesi, 214 Railway, Highwood. _ The bride, in pale green ensemâ€" ble, was attended by <her sister, Rema, in navy blue. Both wore gardenias. Arthur Bernardi servâ€" ed as best man. After 2%/4, Years The husky twin boys who arâ€" rived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Rankin, Sr., 627 Vine, on April 1, 1922, and who have been separated for two and oneâ€"half years, met again on Tuesday of this week in Chicago. James, BM 2/c, USN, is home on leave, and Ens. Leslie, NAF, now stationed at Pensacola, Fla., found time during a crossâ€"country flight to stop in Chicago for one hour. LT. WILLIAM C. CHILDS IS HOME ON FURLOUGH Evanston Girl Weds Air Force Veteran At the Baptist church in Evansâ€" ton, Saturday evening, Miss Inez marriage to S/Sgt. Caesare Pasâ€" Sgt. Pasquesi, having served in the army for over four years, ovâ€" erseas for 38 months, is in line for honorable discharge from service. Announcement has beenâ€"made of the engagement of Catherine, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Touch, of Wheeling, to Pvt. Walâ€" lace Hueh!, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Huchl, 1206 Prairie. Plans for the future are, as yet, indefâ€" inite. Put. Hueht is stationed at Fort Riley, Kans. ° Bellettiniâ€"Pasquesi Nuptials at Highwood Huehlâ€"Touch Betrothal Announced LB. The lonesomest place in the world CUPID‘S CORNER high hat.â€"Fibber phony music with the Chicago Symphony orchestra, guest conâ€" ductors and soloists, will get into full swing with the concertof Tuesâ€" day evening, July 3, when Artur Rodzinski, conductor of the New York Philharmonic Symphony, will take over the baton for the week‘s four concerts. ~ â€" Erich Leinsdorf, conductor of the Cleveland Symphony, will conâ€" duct during the second week, with Dorothy Maynor, Negro soprano, Plans for Raviniaâ€" (Continued from page 1) as soloist, July 10 and 14. George Szell will return for his fifth Ravinia season during the third week, beginning July 17. He will have Jakob Gimpel, pianist, as soloist, July 17 and 21. L Massimo Freccia, conductor of the New Otrleans Symphony, will make his local debut during the fourth week, with Erica Morini, Austrian violinist, as soloist July 24 and 28. Leonard Bernstein, sensational young conductor who made his first â€"Ravinia â€" appearance last year, returns to conduct during the fifth week, beginning July 31. Lieon Fleischer, â€" 17â€"yearâ€"old San Francisco pianist, who has been acâ€" claimedas the "pianistic find ‘of the century," will be soloist. The Pro Arte quartet will come to Ravinia for a postâ€"season week of chamber music, with four conâ€" certs scheduled beginning Tuesday, August 14. Pierre Monteux, conductor of the San Francisco Symphony, will be conductor during the sixth and concluding week. of symphony music. Monteux, an outstanding Ravinia favorite, is considered the outstanding French conductor of the present day. UNITED STATES WAR BONDS BUY THEM .. . KEEP THEM! IiVC IDUot VC S0IU, â€" LInpnasis on You can cooperate by MAILING sales to individuals is greater in this ;» your subscriptions and pink credit campaign than ever before. slips to BOND HEADQUARTERS in e 34 A the City Hall TODAY! It naturally follows that the citiâ€" ° zens of this community must exert REMEMBER! MAIL IT IN! There must be no letdown in the buying of War Bonds. Highland Park‘s quota in the Seventh War Loan is approximately 20 per cent higher than in any previous drive, There will be only TWO War Loan drives this year where there were THREE last year. . That means more bonds per drive must be sold. Emphasis on sales to individuals is greater in this campaign than ever before. Ffl’ TH E PRESS ~â€" WAE .> T WAR LOAN % . |3 0“' 1 Y. W. C, A. Plans Its Summer Program board‘s summer program, the Y.W.C.A. is offering activities for younger girls during a. sixâ€"week period beginning June 19. On â€" Tuesday and Thursday mornings at 9:30, there will be a cooking school for 9 and 10 year same age group and also 11 and 12 year olds. There will also be a girls‘ club for 11 and 12 year olds on Tues day afternoons at 1:30. Activities will include outdoor cooking, hikâ€" ing, nature lore, and swimming. A registration fee of 50 cents entitles a girl to join any or all elubs, with 60 cents extra for maâ€" terial for those taking cooking. Registration will take place at the Y.W.C.A. Thursday, June 14, at 10 a.m. "Stamps for the Wounded" . "Stamps For The Wounded" wishes to thank the Kiwanis club for its second nice contribution of stamps Tor the veterans at Great Lakes hospital, as well as individuâ€" als who have turned in many nice specimens for the boys. The PRESS has turned. these stamps over to Dr. J. P. O‘Connell, chairâ€" man of the society, for distribuâ€" Mrs. Harold N. Finch, 718 S. St. Johns, returned last week from a visit to her parents, Mr. and ‘Mrs. Bennett, Rockville, Conn. She brought with her a guest â€" her aunt, Miss Mary Bennett, artist in oils, water colors and sketching, who retired last.year frbm her poâ€" sition as instructor in the Middleâ€" town schools. f RETURNS FROM VISIT MRS. HAROLD FINCH GARNETT‘S HIGHLAND PARK Although the committee was unâ€" '?' to make a complete analysis ofâ€"every agency in the Chest this year, the work which has been acâ€" complished to date, has proved to be the most worthwhile study of &omneiu-nddniri-porhup to the Community which has been -uloinunnlnmudmniu_‘c to be helpful and invaluable especâ€" committee, carried out a detailed examination of the budgets and responsibilities of the Chest agenâ€" cies with the light of changing imâ€" portance and current social probâ€" lems and made recommendations on future allocations. ially to the budget and social planâ€" ning committees of the future. Directly following the members‘ annual meeting, the new board of directors held its first meeting of the year. The following officers were elected for the coming year: Herbert M. Lautmann, chairman. Mayor J. B. Garnett, honorary president, Eugene Hotchkiss, president. Mrs. Howard Detmer, viceâ€"presiâ€" dent. Spencer H. Keare, viceâ€"presiâ€" dent. Mrs. Charles Rubens, viceâ€"presiâ€" dent. L Earl Sproul, viceâ€"president. L B Sinclair, treasurer Mrs. J. S. Johnson, secretary. L. B. Sinclair, treasurer. Walter Heymann, assistant treasurer. President Hotchkiss then anâ€" nounced the appointment of the following members who will comâ€" pose the executive committee: Eugene Hotchkiss, chairman exâ€" officio; Theodore C. Butz, Hardâ€" ing Wilbur, E. C. George, Spencer H. Keare, L. B. Sinclair. E. C. George; viceâ€"president. For your convenience the Seventh War Loan committee is attenipting to obtain the city‘s quota largely by MAIL. s their energies to a still greater extent to once again bring Highland Park out on top on the home front. (Continued from page 1) Mr. Hotchkiss also announced that plans were already under for next year‘s activities 'h-hl promise to be progressive and stimâ€" rent year, :lu 15, the Interâ€" faith group of the Y.W.C.A. electâ€" edâ€"officers for next year as folâ€" lows: President, Mrs. Warren Danley; viceâ€"president, Miss Elizaâ€" beth Bredin; treasurer, Mrs. Sidâ€" ney W. Mandel; secretary, Mrs. George Lyman. They also voted to continue their high school essay contest on racial and religious tolerance, adding a third prize. INTERFAITH GROUP ELECTS NEW OFFICERS Entered as second class matter March 1, 1911, at the Post Office at Highand Park, Hinois. of the writer. They should reach the editor Wednesday noon to inâ€" sure appearance in #he current is Subscription rates: $1.50 per year; 5 cents per single copy. $3.00 per year outside of Lake county, Tilinois, _ Issued Thursday of each week by the Highland Park Press, 516 Laure? avenue, Highland Park, IIl. Telephone: Highland Park 557. Communications intended for publication must be written on one side of the paper only, and be signed with the name and address Resolutions of condolence, card of thanks, obituaries, notices of where an admission charge is pubâ€" lished will be charged at the reguâ€" iar advertising rates. _ UNITED STATES WAR BONDS BUY THEM .. . KEEP THEM! THE HIGHLAND PARK PRESS At their last meeting of the curâ€" R. B. Olson, Editor.